Don’t miss your chance to say thanks to U.S. soliders for their efforts and sacrifices.
Free Tunes? Free Songs? Free MP3s?
9 JunYou got it.
I’m helping to spread the love. So if you’re looking for some free tunes, then you have to check out Jimmyr.com
This dude indexed google and created a search function that finds every MP3 song on the web. Brilliant!
Britain’s Got Some Serious Talent
9 JunI first noticed this kid, George Sampson, last year. Seriously, the passion that this kid possess is sick.
Crazy Japanese And Their Insane Pranks
9 JunThis clip of an insane Japanese prank had me laughing so hard, I was crying. This makes Punk’d look lame. If someone pulled this shit on me, I’d seriously piss on myself.
Adobe’s Interactive Installation Is Tricked Out
9 JunOMG! If I walked by this video installation, I would be playing with it for hours. It effin rocks! Talk about bringing the story of Adobe to life.
Don’t get me wrong. Microsites and rich-media banners have their place. But I’m not exactly sure why a lot of ideas stops there. For some reason, many people think interactive and the web are synonyms. But really, when you look closely, interactive has the word interact in it. People can interact with installations. Hell, people will pretty much interact with anything that’s cool. Take street dancers. If they’re good, you’ll stop and watch. So how come advertisers aren’t pushing ideas farther and making them really interactive?
ibeatyou suckas
9 Junibeatyou.com is a great social site. I first noticed the site when I watched a YouTube video with Jessica Alba. She challenged some users to a staring contest. It got my attention and it made me curious.
Once I played around on the site, I discovered you can challenge anyone to anything. Cutest kid in the universe. Craziest stranger in the background of a picture. Best Korean song. The sky’s the limit.
AKQA Lars Bastholm
9 JunEvery person who works in advertising should watch this.
It’s long and it was filmed a year ago. Even so, it’s still a fantastic interview with AKQA’s LarsBastholm.
Now that people are spending more time online, how come agencies don’t allocate their budgets more to interactive? Why do agencies spend $1,000,000 producing a television commercial and just $100,000 on a microsite? If the commercial is supposed to drive traffic online, shouldn’t the budget be distributed better?
Some ad people embrace interactive. Others, not so much. It’s these others that concern me. Today, users are shaping our culture and affecting what we do as advertisers. Users are smart, creative, friendly, interesting, funny, talkative, and powerful. To not embrace the medium is to turn your back on users. And when you do that, you might as well call it a day.
This is a great example of telling a story to drive people to the web.
Hello world!
9 JunWelcome to WordPress.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging!
RockYou has raised $35 Million. Is it worth it?
9 Jun
RockYou has raised $35 million in capital venture.
RockYou is a company that tricks out users’ MySpace and Facebook pages. You know all the glitter text crap and glitter photos? Well, RockYou is responsible for it. They also make celebrity slideshows and many more apps people can add.
Now that they have some capital venture, it makes you wonder if it’s a good investment. After all, making the web all glittery and cheesy is not exactly a great business model.
Samsung Omnia vs Apple iPhone
9 Jun
I haven’t bought the iPhone yet because I am under contract with Sprint. I was planning to switch to AT&T once it ends, but now I’m not so sure. Check out Samsung’s Omnia. It’s hot as hell.
Here’s just a few of the Samsung Omnia’s features:
-5-megapixel camera with auto-focus, face and smile detection and auto-panorama
-GPS including navigation adn geo-tagging capabilities
-Includes Samsung’s patented TouchWize user interface, letting you personalize the home screen with widgets
-Video recording
-MS Office document viewer
-8GB / 16 GB Flash + External Memory slot
User-Created Google Maps?
9 Jun
Google Maps now lets users create their own Google Maps. They can populate them with pics from Panorima, YouTube videos, Wikipedia articles, gas prices, and a whole slew of cool features.
When Arnold DC moves to its new location, it would be cool if during the scavenger hunt everyone shoots pics, video and contributes to Arnold’s wikipedia page so we can create our very own user-created map.
Anyway, below is a sample Google Map that shows you what it looks like when it’s populated.
Contextual TV ads?
9 JunRemember when the pointroll dude talked about contextual (i.e. geotargeted) banners?
Well, Turner Entertainment is getting ready to launch contextual TV ads. Say you’re watching Runway and the challenge is to make a workout outfit. During the commercial break, it cuts to a Nike or Under Amour spot. Crazy, right?
Read about it in the NYTimes.
euphoria meets holy crap meets badass 
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